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Welcome to October! The first true month of autumn here in Canada and the birthday month of my beloved Raymond as well as our little pup Sasja! This month will be filled with cake and far too much Hallowe’en themed chocolate for the humans in our household. The never-ending 50,000 km tune-up on this old … Read more

Hello! I’m back – a day late, sorry about that! Thank you for your patience while I took some time off to rest my arms and get organized around the workshop. As I do every holiday, I planned for much more than I could do, and things are still more chaotic than I had hoped, … Read more

Happy September! After what feels like a lifetime of attending school, I think of this more as the new year than I do January 1. Weekend before Labour Day, I’d spend the time promising myself that I’d be more organized, that I’d keep my binders tidier, that my desk wouldn’t become another flat space I … Read more

I realized I don’t have a page about who I am and what I do, so here’s a little bit about me, SwiftCraftyMonkey!  Hello, I’m Susan Barclay Nichols, perhaps better known as SwiftCraftyMonkey, writer, instructor, and formulator for this site, Point of Interest. I started creating bath, body, and hair care products in 2006 after … Read more

Hi everyone! Thanks for joining me here on the site in August 2022! Hope you’re all doing well and avoiding the heat waves that seem to be devastating so many parts of the world. We’re just coming out of a week 35˚C to 39˚C (95˚F to 101˚F) that felt like up to 44˚C (104˚F) with … Read more